Tom Riddle (filk)

[Elena Maestri]

No: HPFGUIDX 20028

Tom Riddle
(To the tune of The Riddle, by Nik Kershaw; the original version may be
heard at
http://mail.online.ie/kershaw/samples.cfm)

 

THE SCENE: Professor McGonagall's Office after the episode in the Chamber of
Secrets. Enter HARRY POTTER

HARRY POTTER

We were going down,
straight in the bathroom pipe,
Œcause I¹m a Parselmouth
and heard
some talking in the walls
that Ginny Weasley, little child,
was not safe.

In the Chamber of Secrets
there¹s a very big snake.
You can call it a basilisk,
quite horrible name.
In the fangs there¹s a poison
that can kill even ghosts.
Just a look from its eyes and
you will be petrified,
and you¹ll never, never find out whyŠ

Just to be secure,
called a professor who
could help us in the fight.
Instead it happens he¹s a fraud!
Oh, quite magical indeed!
Lockhart tried to make a charmŠ

All our memories
could just be gone away,
instead the faulty wand
prevented him from doing harm!
Now he remembers nothing more:
well for us!

In the Chamber of Secrets
there¹s a very big snake.
You can call it a basilisk,
quite horrible name.
In the fangs there¹s a poison
that can kill even ghosts.
Just a look from its eyes and
you will be petrified,
and you¹ll never, never find out whyŠ

I got Tom to kill,
and the big serpent too:
without the help of Fawkes,
the phoenix bird of Dumbledore,
I would have never had it good.
All ends well!

In the Chamber of Secrets,
when I met Riddle Tom,
I discovered the identity
of Slytherin¹s heir.
I was then badly wounded
and I thought I could fail,
but a bird came to rescue
and I got Godric¹s sword,
so the serpent I could fight.

In the Chamber of Secrets
was a very big snake
and an old Hogwarts student
who became Voldemort.
With the help of the phoenix
and of the Sorting Hat
we recovered poor Ginny
and redeemed Hagrid¹s name.
And it¹s just the second year of school:
who knows what will happen till I¹m throughŠ..


    - elena